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Africa: Richer Countries Must Commit To Pay At COP29 As Climate Change Forcibly Displaces Millions Across Africa

It’s time for the countries who caused all this devastation to pay up so African people can adapt to the…

November 4, 2024

Amnesty International

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East and Southern Africa: Journalists Targeted Amid Ongoing Crackdown on Media

Authorities across East and Southern Africa continued to impose severe restrictions on the right to freedom of expression and media freedom.

May 3, 2024

Amnesty International

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Ethiopia: Merawi Killings Should Be Independently Investigated

African and global human rights bodies must urgently investigate killings of civilians by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces.

April 12, 2024

Amnesty International

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Ethiopia: End Extrajudicial Executions in Amhara Region, Bring Perpetrators to Justice

The government of Ethiopia should urgently open effective independent investigations into human rights abuses in the context of the ongoing…

February 26, 2024

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U.S. Makes Atrocity Determination in Northern Ethiopia Conflict  

In response to Secretary of State Blinken announcing the atrocity designation for Ethiopia, Kate Hixon, Africa Advocacy Director at Amnesty…

March 22, 2023

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Amnesty USA Urges Secretary Blinken to Center his Visit to Ethiopia on Human Rights

Blinken’s trip will miss a crucial opportunity if he does not put human rights at the heart of his conversation…

March 10, 2023

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Amnesty International USA Advocacy Asks for New US Special Horn Envoy

On July 15, 2022 Amnesty International USA wrote to Ambassador Hammer with our advocacy asks as he starts his new…

July 15, 2022

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Crimes Against Humanity in Ethiopia’s Western Tigray Zone

Amhara regional security forces and civilian authorities in Ethiopia’s Western Tigray Zone have committed widespread abuses against Tigrayans since November…

April 5, 2022

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Federal Government Humanitarian Truce in Tigray is a Positive Step Forward and Must Lead to Humanitarian Access

In response to the humanitarian truce announced by the Ethiopian Federal Government in the conflict-affected Tigray region which Tigrayan authorities…

March 25, 2022

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International Women’s Day: Dramatic deterioration in respect for women’s rights and gender equality must be decisively reversed

Catastrophic attacks on human rights and gender equality over the past twelve months have lowered protection for and upped threats…

March 7, 2022

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Organizations Welcome TPS for Ukraine and Urge TPS Designation for Other Countries in Extreme Conflict

We at Amnesty International USA, Cameroon Advocacy Network, Haitian Bridge Alliance, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, and UndocuBlack Network, welcome…

March 4, 2022

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Tigrayan Forces Murder, Rape and Pillage in Attacks on Civilians in Amhara Towns in Ethiopia

Fighters affiliated with the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) deliberately killed dozens of people, gang-raped dozens of women and girls…

February 15, 2022